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@lohang mostly, that's pure fantasy and conjecture. There's even a suggestion that people are "frowning" instead of smilig - but they aren't. And even with long exposure times it's possible for people to smile. It all comes down to culture - and in quite a few contemporary cultures having your picture taken is simply "serious business": people may be smiling and be relazed while you're talking to them, but as soon as you point your camera at them they immediately stand still, upright and the smile disappears. They'll smile at *you* but not at the camera - maybe that is the core of the matter. In practically all cultures people will smile at people (including you), but only in some they will smile at a camera. (1/2)
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@lohang Then there is the fact that in many Asian cultures people tend to smile a lot more than in western cultures (a smile can be so much as an apology). But that "smiling" man in the last photo isn't "eating rice" - he's demostrating his skill at using chopsticks by showing he can hold a single rice kernel with his sticks. And that may be the actual reason he smiles. ;-) (2/2)
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